Zoe D’Angelo is a Research Associate at AcademyHealth, where she supports the Evidence-Informed State Health Policy Institute (ESHPI) and its overseeing of the State University Partnership Learning Network (SUPLN) and its related Networks including the Medicaid Outcomes Distributed Research Network (MODRN) and the Medicaid Data Learning Network (MDLN). In support of these learning networks, Zoe assists in the facilitation of peer-to-peer learning and dialogue among state-university partnerships and among researchers working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s T-MSIS Analytic Files. Zoe supports various network projects including Project DREAM (Doula Research for Equitable Advancements in Medicaid Pregnancy Health) which aims to advance racial equity in severe maternal morbidity by identifying the most effective ways that state Medicaid programs can implement doula care to improve postpartum health among Black people and people of color. Additionally, Zoe supports MODRN EQUIP (Equity and Quality Improvement for Medicaid Programs) which aims to develop opioid use disorder (OUD) quality measures that can be constructed at the provider level, incorporate patient experience, and center health equity.
Prior to joining AcademyHealth, Zoe worked in COVID-19 response as a Public Health Advisor with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the CDC San Francisco Quarantine Station. Zoe graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology and a concentration in Environmental and Human Health.